Re: Ricky Gervais as Master of Ceremonies, Not Civility

Pot, kettle, etc.   ; p

Johne Cook
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On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Karl <[email protected]> wrote:

> Here we go again…..
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> ;)
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
> Behalf Of *Johne Cook
> *Sent:* Monday, January 17, 2011 1:19 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [DADL-OT] Ricky Gervais as Master of Ceremonies, Not
> Civility
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> Elite can mean 'extreme excellence at something,' and it can mean 'class
> snobbery.' Context is key.
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> Johne Cook
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> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Lance McLain <lance-X3DuywwxauBWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:
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> I jerked too.  I have no problem with elite being "the best" however too
> often these days the baggage that comes with elite is that it has come at
> the expense of exploiting the non-elite.
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> regards,
> -Lance
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> On Jan 17, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Karl wrote:
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> Its mostly just me I think.  The word elite has been used fairly negatively
> recently, so I think this was just my jerking knee.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
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> Of Peter T. Chattaway
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 10:18 AM
> To: DADL (off topic)
> Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Ricky Gervais as Master of Ceremonies, Not Civility
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> On Mon, 17 Jan 2011, Karl wrote:
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> Aaron Sorkin alluded to the culture wars, thanking the women in the
> room for proving to his daughter that  elite is not a bad word,
> it s an aspirational one.
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> Honestly I am not even sure what that means is it apparently now ok
> to be an elitist?
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> "Elite" is good.  "Elitist", maybe not so much.
> Kind of like the distinction between "Islam" and "Islamist".
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> **either sounds a bit arrogant.
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> Whatever.  I want to watch movies made by the *best* filmmakers, not just
> average filmmakers.  And I want my country to be led by the *best*
> politicians,
> not just average politicians.  Etc., etc., etc.
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> What's so bad about *that*?
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